erstarrt

\ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁt\

/\ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁt\/ verb

The verdict

“erstarrt” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de erstarren.

Corpus desk

Index FR-erstarrt · erstarrt · French

erstarrt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for erstarrt
PropertyValue
Headworderstarrt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁt\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « erstarrt » en français

erstarrtsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erstarrt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

erstarrt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is erstarrt, spelled E-R-S-T-A-R-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de erstarren.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de erstarren.
  3. 3
    Participe passé de erstarren.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de erstarren.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erstarrt"?
"erstarrt" is spelled E-R-S-T-A-R-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁt\.
What does "erstarrt" mean?
As a verb, "erstarrt" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de erstarren.
How do you pronounce "erstarrt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erstarrt" is \ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erstarrt" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list